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Leaders of Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind call on PM
Leaders of Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind call on PM
25 leaders from the Muslim Community, under the umbrella of the Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind called on the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi today.
Welcoming the delegation, National Security Advisor, Shri Ajit Doval, said that the whole world is looking at India today, and it is the responsibility of all segments of Indian society to take the nation forward.
Leaders from the delegation agreed with Shri Doval. They said that the objective should be to take the country forward, together, following the Prime Minister’s call of Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas.
Praising the Prime Minister’s vision, members of the delegation expressed hope that the nationwide trust that he has among the people, will ensure prosperity and well-being of all segments of society. They said that the Muslim community is keen to be an equal partner in the making of New India.
Noting that terrorism is a major challenge, they expressed a common resolve to combat it with all their might. They added that it is the Muslim community’s responsibility that under no circumstances should anyone compromise the nation’s security or well-being. They said that the Muslim community would never allow any conspiracy against India to succeed.
Expressing concern at the situation in Kashmir valley, members of the delegation said that only Prime Minister Narendra Modi can resolve the issue.
They appreciated the Prime Minister’s stand on the issue of Triple Talaq.
Members of the delegation, who are associated with educational institutions, also mentioned the progress made by their institutions, in Government initiatives such as cashless transactions, start-ups, and the Hackathon recently organized by NITI Aayog.
The delegation also appreciated the implementation of minority welfare schemes under the Union Government.
Welcoming the members of the delegation, the Prime Minister said that democracy’s greatest strength is harmony and amity . Emphasizing that the Government does not have any right to discriminate among citizens, the Prime Minister said that India’s speciality has been its unity in diversity. He said that the new generation in India must not be allowed to fall victim to the rising global tide of extremism.
On Triple Talaq, the Prime Minister reiterated that the Muslim community should not allow this issue to be politicized, and urged the assembled gathering to take the responsibility for initiating reform in this regard.
The members of the delegation included Maulana Qari Syed Mohammad Usman Mansurpuri – President of the Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind; Maulana Mahmood A Madani – General Secretary of the Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind; Dr. Zahir I Kazi, President - Anjuman-i-Islam, Mumbai; Prof Akhtarul Wasey; and Maulana Badaruddin Ajmal.
Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
Cabinet approves Fair and Remunerative Price of sugarcane payable by sugar mills for the sugar season 2020-21."
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has approved the Fair and Remunerative Price  of sugarcane payable by sugar mills for 2020-21 sugar season  on the recommendations of the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices  asunder:
i) FRP of sugarcane for 2020-21 sugar season at Rs.285/- per quintal for a basic recovery rate of 10%;
ii) a premium of Rs. 2.85 per quintal for every 0.1% increase above 10% in the recovery; and
iii) reduction in FRP by Rs. 2.85 per quintal for every 0.1 percentage point decrease in recovery, in respect of those mills whose recovery is below 10% but above 9.5 percent. However, for mills having recovery 9.5 % or below, the FRP is fixed at Rs 270.75 per quintal.
The determination of FRP will be in the interest of sugarcane growers keeping in view their entitlement to a fair and remunerative price for their produce.
The ‘Fair and Remunerative price’ of sugarcane is determined under Sugarcane  Order, 1966. This will be uniformly applicable all over the country.
Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
Shri Nitin Gadkari to lay the foundation stone for development of Ghagra river as National Waterway in Uttar Pradesh tomorrow
IWAI begins development works Phase 1
Union Minister for Shipping, Road Transport & Highways and Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation Shri Nitin Gadkari will lay the foundation stone for the development work of Ghagra river as National Waterway -40 tomorrow at Basti in Uttar Pradesh, under the Sagarmala Programme of Ministry of Shipping.
The waterway from Manjhighat at Ganga-Gaghra river confluence to Faizabad/Ayodhya along Gaghra River for a length of 354 km was declared as NW-40 during the year 2016, as part of Government’s renewed push to develop inland waterways sector in the country. Together with NW-1 , NW-40 will be provide to be a major transport modal choice for cargo and passenger movement. The Detailed Project Report on the development of NW-40 envisages terminal at five locations – Ayodhya, Mahirpur , Dohrighat, Tortipar and Manjhighat.
Inland Waterways Authority of India , under Ministry of Shipping has already initiated work in Phase –I with project cost of Rs. 11.6 Cr and has constructed the floating terminal at Tanda/Kalwari to facilitate cargo & passenger movement on River Ghagra & River Ganga. Under Phase 1, the draft of 2 metre and width of 45 metre will be constructed in addition to floating terminals through Pontoon-Gangway at two locations- Tanda/Kalwari and Manjhighat.
The DPR on NW-40 projects movement of various categories of cargo, namely, agricultural products , industrials products, coal , coarse sand, bricks, paper products, leather and other general goods etc. through inland vessel capacity up to 1000 tonne. The first phase works are scheduled to be completed by 2019-20. This waterway is being classified as class-III waterway which envisages movement of up to 1000 ton capacity vessels. Besides cargo and passenger movement, NW-40 will provide a connectivity to tourist and pilgrimage places along river Gaghra and Ganga.
Other projects under IWAI in Uttar Pradesh include, Freight Village & Logistics Hub and Multimodal terminal at Varanasi under the Jal Marg Vikas Project. The terminal is being constructed at a cost of ₹169.70 cr with a capacity of 1.26 MTPA. The terminal is likely to be inaugurated in the month of November, 2018. The terminal will boost trade via waterways with reduced logistics costs. Better connectivity to coastal regions and neighbouring countries like Nepal, Bangladesh & North eastern states through Indo-Bangladesh Protocol route will help MSMEs to expand trade & commerce and also provide optimal multi modal mix.
Ministry of Finance
Cabinet approves creation of one post of Deputy Comptroller and Auditor General in the office of Comptroller and Auditor General of India
The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has given its approval to create one post of Deputy Comptroller & Auditor General  in Pay Level-17  in the Office of the Comptroller & Auditor General of India.
The Deputy Comptroller & Auditor General shall oversee the coordination among State Audits, audit of telecommunication and to coordinate the various Information Systems  initiatives within the Indian Audit & Accounts Department .
Expenditure on account of creation of this post will be Rs.21 Lakh .
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
Ensuring self-sufficiency of Lakshadweep in the Fisheries Sector is Union Government’s priority - Dr. L Murugan
Kochi: Oct 29, 2021
Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting & Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Dr. L Murugan reached Lakshadweep today on his three-day visit. He was welcomed at Agatti by the Administration and was given a guard of honour by the Indian Reserve Battalion. Thereafter, the Minister visited the Hatchery for Ornamental Fish where scientists briefed him. He then had an interaction with Women SHGs of the island trained in this sector. In the interaction, the Minister said that the aim of the Union Government was to empower the residents of Lakshadweep especially women and fishermen. He urged them to concentrate on the immense potential of seaweed farming and emerge as entrepreneurs by availing benefits under the PM Matsya Sampada Yojana .
Later in the day, he also interacted with the fishermen community of the Island. He said that the vision of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi was to ensure the self-reliance of the Island in the fisheries sector. Infrastructure for marine processing can be created and value addition can be done under PMMSY. The Minister also instructed the Fisheries Department to restart Monsoon welfare schemes for fishermen who faced difficulties during the trawling ban period. He also distributed various benefits under PMMSY to selected beneficiaries.
After visiting some fishing farms, the Minister left for Kavaratti Islands where he was welcomed by senior officials. In the evening, the officials briefed the Minister on the progress of various developmental activities in the UT. Dr Murugan also interacted with the local fishermen community.
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Ministry of Road Transport & Highways
PM GATI SHAKTI - NATIONAL MASTER PLAN
In October, 2021, Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs  has approved the proposal for development of 'PM GatiShakti National Master Plan ' for providing multimodal connectivity infrastructure to various Economic Zones. The PM GatiShakti NMP will depict the economic zones and the infrastructure linkages required to support them with an objective to holistically integrate all the multimodal connectivity projects and remove missing gaps for seamless movement of people, goods & services.
There is no financial implication for multimodal connectivity infrastructure to the economic zones under the PM GatiShakti NMP as the concerned line Ministries/Departments will seek funding of their respective infrastructure projects serving the economic zones as per procedures laid under their respective schemes/programmes.
PM GatiShakti NMP will bring in holistic planning and development across thecountry. It will provide complete visibility of multimodal infrastructureconnectivity to the economic zones and will thus help in supplementing thevarious initiatives being taken to increase the share of manufacturing in thecountry, attract investment in manufacturing and service industry sectors, whichwill have a catalytic effect on upgradation and development of skills of theworkforce and generation of employment opportunities.
The PM GatiShakti NMP has been prepared in the GeographicInformation System based platform developed by BISAG-N to providebird’s eye view of the infrastructure development across the countryencompassing the layers of Administrative boundaries, economic zones,infrastructure & utilities, etc. This portal is a GIS based ERPsystem to support the stakeholders in planning, reviewing and monitoring of thePlan.
The GeographicInformation System  based platformof the PM GatiShakti NMP will ensure smarter decision making through the power of spatial analysis made available to the NetworkPlanners. The portal will provide analytical tools for Planning, Permissions andProject Management Information Systems which will be available for individualorganisations at Centre and State level. This will not only provide visual depiction of the Master Plan but will alsointegrate, through APIs, the physical progress on real-time with existingdatabase of these Ministries.
In recent years several infrastructure projects including Bharatmala, Sagarmala, Jal Marg Vikas and UdeDesh Ka AamNaagrik ; regulatory, IT and process reforms  for reducing time loss at toll plaza; introduction of paperless EXIM trade process through E-Sanchit etc. have been introduced to improve logistics and efficiency of logistics management in the country.
To integrate and to build upon the initiatives already taken/planned, 'PM GatiShakti National Master Plan ' has been launched for providing multimodal connectivity infrastructure up to the last mile to various Economic Zones which will be the fulcrum of economic development.
This information was given by Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Shri Nitin Gadkari in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.
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Ministry of Micro,Small & Medium Enterprises
MOU signed Between NSIC & ARAMCO Asia for development in Oil & Gas Sectors
 and from Aramco side Mr. Mohammed Al Mughirah, President ,Aramco Asia inked the MoU. The dignitaries H.E. Dr. Said Bin Mohammed Al Sati, Ambassador of Saudi Arabia, Mr. Abdullah Melfi, Strategic Sourcing Head, Aramco, and more than 200 units from India witnessed the event. NSIC is the flagship Mini Ratna PSU under Ministry of MSME in the business of facilitating MSMEs in India and Aramco is world's largest Oil & Gas Company from Govt. of Saudi Arabia having reported revenue of USD 355 Billion Dollar  and estimated market va.ue of 1.5 Trillion Dollars.
Ministry of Jal Shakti
Shri Rattan Lal Kataria chairs 17thMeeting of the Special Committee for Inter-Linking of Rivers
The Union Minister of State for Jal Shakti and Social Justice & Empowerment, Shri Rattan Lal Kataria chaired the 17th Meeting of the Special Committee for Inter-Linking of Rivers  here today. The Secretary, Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Shri U.P. Singh, Director General, National Water Development Agency , Shri Bhopal Singh,senior officers from Central and State Governments and experts attended the deliberations.
Addressing the meeting, Shri Kataria said the Inter-Linking of Rivers is a dream project of former Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee. He said the ambitious project comprises 16 rivers of Himalayan origin and 14 in peninsular region. Shri Kataria said the Detailed Project Report  in respect of Ken-Betwa Inter-State Link Project involving Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh has been completed and hoped work on the project will begin soon. Besides, the DPRs for four projects is in progress, he added.
In his address, Secretary, Department of Water Resource, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation , Shri U.P. Singh, underlined the need for expediting the various ILR projects, specially those within a State.
The meeting reviewed the status of the various ILR projects, namely Ken-Betwa Link Project, Cauvery -Vaigai-Gundar link , Bedti-Varda link , Damanganga -Godavari link , Damanganga-Vaitarna-Godavari link , Damanganga-Pinjal and Par-Tapi-Narmada Link Projects, Alternative proposal of Diversion of Godavari waters upto Cauvery basin, Manas-Sankosh-Teesta-Ganga  link and Integration of Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project with Parbati- Kalisindh-Chambal link. Status of the 47 Intra-State link proposals from nine States, besides restructuring of the National Water Development Agency, Task Force for Interlinking of Rivers and the National Interlinking of Rivers Authority  were also discussed.
The meeting also confirmed the minutes of the 16thMeeting of the Special Committee for Interlinking ofRivers  chaired by the Union Minister of JalShakti, Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat,held in New Delhi on August 21, 2019.
Finance Commission
15th Finance Commission to visit Sikkim
The 15th Finance Commission is scheduled to visit the State of Sikkim from 23rd to 26th September, 2019. The Chairman, Shri N.K. Singh, Members and senior officials of the Commission will be holding meetings in the State across these days.
The Commission will begin its series of meetings with the representatives of the Rural Local Bodies of Sikkim. This will be followed by a meeting with the representatives of the Urban Local Bodies and a meeting with the representatives of the political parties in Sikkim.
On the second day of its visit, the Commission will have a detailed meeting with the Chief Minister of Sikkim, Shri Prem Singh Tamang, his Cabinet colleagues and senior officers of the State. This will be followed by a meeting with the representatives of the Trade and Industry Bodies of Sikkim.
As part of its field visit, the Commission is scheduled to go to the Rumtek Monastery and Cymbidium Development Centre at Rumtek on the third and final day of its visit.
Ministry of Cooperation
Cooperative Societies on GeM Platform: A step towards a transparent, efficient, and economic procurement system
The Union Cabinet under the visionary leadership of the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has approved the registration of cooperative societies as ‘Buyers’ on Government e-Marketplace  platform
Under the leadership of Union Minister of Cooperation Shri Amit Shah, Ministry of Cooperation is encouraging Multi State Cooperative Societies and Cooperative Societies registered under State Cooperative Acts to join the GeM
The Union Cabinet under the visionary leadership of the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the registration of cooperative societies as ‘Buyers’ on Government e-Marketplace  platform. This will enable the cooperative societies to access more than 45 Lakh vendors on a single platform and to follow a transparent, economic and efficient procurement system.
Under the leadership of Union Minister of Cooperation Shri Amit Shah, Ministry of Cooperation is encouraging Multi State Cooperative Societies and Cooperative Societies registered under State Cooperative Acts to join the GeM platform for the benefit of their members and hopes that more and more cooperatives Societies will get benefit of this by joining GeM platform.
At present, there are about 8.54 lakh cooperatives in India with about 29 crore membership. They have been performing a wide range of activities for the production of goods and services. These cooperatives make huge purchases of goods and services from the open market to support their operations. There was a felt need to provide a platform to them to avail competitive prices through a transparent and efficient process resulting in benefit to the members of the cooperative societies.
Government e-Marketplace  has been set up as a National Procurement Portal to provide an end-to-end online market place for Central and State Government Ministries/ Departments, and PSUs etc. for procurement of common-use goods and services in a transparent and efficient manner. The Gross Merchandise Value of procurement using GeM was more than Rs.1 lakh crore in the FY 2021-22. There are around 54 lakh products listed across 9,702 product categories and 279 service categories. There was an estimated savings of around Rs.10,000 crores in the FY 2021-22.
Purchases through GeM will provide the following benefits:
- The Cooperatives would get competitive prices through an open and transparent process, and this would be economically beneficial to the members of the societies.
- The Cooperative societies can procure from about 45 lakh authenticated sellers/ service providers available across the country on a single GeM platform,
- Following the standard procedures on GeM would lead to saving of time and reduction in the administrative burden.
- It would enhance the credibility of the cooperatives as complaints of mismanagement of funds will get reduced.
GeM authorities will provide a dedicated on-boarding process for cooperatives, technical infrastructure and support for on-boarding and transactions, via available contact centres, in-field training, and other support services.
UPSC
National Defence Academy and Naval Academy Examination , 2022–Declaration of Final Results
The following is the list, in order of merit of 538 candidates, who have qualified on the basis of the results of the Written Examination held by the Union Public Service Commission on September 04, 2022 and the subsequent interviews held by the Services Selection Board of the Ministry of Defence for admission to the Army, Navy and Air Force wings of National Defence Academy for the 150th Course and Naval Academy for the 112th Indian Naval Academy Course . For detailed information regarding the date of commencement of the above courses, please visit the websites of Ministry of Defence, i.e.,www.joinindianarmy.nic.in www.joinindiannavy.gov.in and www.careerindianairforce.cdac.in .
The results of Medical Examination have not been taken into account in preparing these lists.
The candidature of all the candidates is provisional, subject to their submitting the requisite certificates in support of date of birth and educational qualifications etc. claimed by them directly to the Additional Directorate General of Recruiting, Adjutant General’s Branch, Integrated Headquarters, Ministry of Defence , West Block No. III, Wing–I, R.K Puram, New Delhi -110066 wherever this has not already been done, and NOT to UPSC.
In case, there is any change of address, the candidates are advised to promptly intimate directly to the Army Headquarters at the address given above.
The result is also available on the UPSC website at https://www.upsc.gov.in. However, marks of the candidates will be available on the website after 15 days from the date of declaration of final results.
For any further information, the candidates may contact Facilitation Counter near Gate ‘C’ of the Commission, either in person or on telephone Nos. 011-23385271/011-23381125/011-23098543 between 10:00 hours to 17:00 hours on any working day. In addition, for SSB/Interview related matter, the candidates may contact over telephone No. 011-26175473 or joinindianarmy.nic.in for Army as first choice, 011-23010097/Email:officer-navy[at]nic[dot]in or joinindiannavy.gov.in for Navy/Naval Academy as first choice and 011-23010231 Extn. 7645/7646/7610 or www.careerindianairforce.cdac.in for Air Force as first choice.
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Ministry of Finance
Former DEA Secretary Shaktikanta Das appointed as India’s G 20 Sherpa
Shri Shaktikanta Das, Former Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, has been appointed as India’s G 20 Sherpa till December 31, 2018 for the Development Track of the G20.
There are two tracks in G 20- Finance Track and Development Track. Finance Track is managed by the Secretary  as India’s Deputy to G 20 and the Development Track is coordinated by the Sherpa. The Department of Economic Affairs will provide necessary support to the Sherpa.